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Apr 17 • 3 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
NEW: The Kansas City man who shot and wounded 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the teen went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges: assault in the first degree and armed criminal action. #ralphyarl cnn.com/2023/04/17/us/…
Bond has been set at $200,000 for the suspect, Andrew D. Lester, 85.
Police say Andrew Lester picked up his .32 Smith and Wesson 1888 revolver before responding to answer the doorbell, and then shot twice within seconds of opening the door.

“Lester's whereabouts are unknown at this time.” kmbc.com/article/charge… Image

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Apr 17
NEW: Media are reporting that the Kansas City man who shot Ralph Yarl, 16, is white man in his 80s. He hasn't been re-arrested as investigators consider whether he's protected by Missouri’s “Stand Your Ground” law - a deadly law based in white supremacy.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f…
According to CNN, the shooter was taken into custody on April 13 just before midnight and was released less than two hours later at 1:24 a.m. on April 14. cnn.com/2023/04/17/us/…
The Yarls' attorney says the shooter said, "Don’t come back around here," and immediately shot the teen. Yarl went to three homes for help; at the third, Yarl - who had been shot in the head - was told to lie on the ground and put his hands in the air. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/k…
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Apr 13
Michigan @GovWhitmer just signed two major gun safety bills - universal background checks and secure storage - surrounded by @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers.

@MIHouseDems are also set to pass on a Red Flag law two months after the shooting at MSU.

How did we do this? Image
It was the unglamorous heavy lifting of grassroots activism by survivors, @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers who showed up at the statehouse for years to testify and demand lawmakers act.

But for years, Republican majorities in the House and Senate ignored their pleas.
Even after four students were shot and killed and seven others were wounded at Oxford High School, GOP Michigan lawmakers did nothing but block lifesaving legislation. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
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Mar 29
NEW: One of the guns used by the Nashville shooter, a Lead Star Arms Grunt AR-15 pistol, was equipped with a stabilizing arm brace, regulated by the ATF’s arm brace rule finalized in Jan - the same rule GOP members of the Judiciary Committee want to repeal.
The House Judiciary Committee was set to hold a markup on legislation yesterday that would repeal the Biden-Harris regulation under the Congressional Review Act, but canceled the vote as news of the shooting in Nashville broke Monday afternoon.
185 House Republicans currently support repealing this rule. There are two questions ahead: 1) how long House Republicans will hold off on advancing this until bringing this dangerous bill, and 2) why do these Republicans want to make it easier to get short-barreled rifles?
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Mar 28
Hallie Scruggs, one of three children slain in the mass school shooting in Nashville, was the 9-year-old child of Chad Scruggs, the senior pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church. cbsnews.com/news/nashville…
Katherine Koonce, Head of Covenant School, was described as a "saint:” “She did so much for those kids. And now gave her life protecting them. She knew every student by name. She helped when families couldn't afford things - it didn't matter. She found ways for them to stay."
Evelyn Dieckhaus was 9. “Our hearts are completely broken. We cannot believe this has happened. Evelyn was a shining light in this world,” her family said in a statement.
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Mar 20
NEW: While states like Florida are rushing to pass permitless carry, a new @Everytown report finds permitless carry states have the highest rates of road rage shootings, nearly THREE TIMES the rate of road rage shootings than states with strong gun laws.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Since 2018, the number of road rage shooting incidences doubled in America, and in 2022 someone was shot and injured or killed in a road rage incident on average every 16 hours. Image
Our new analysis finds that New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin are the five states with the highest rate of people shot in road rage incidents, making up only 8% of the US population but 20% of road rage shooting victims. Image
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Mar 6
It was so meaningful to be in Colorado last week for @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand Advocacy Day. Colorado holds a special place in my heart – not only because I used to call it home – but it also represents so much of the progress we’ve made as a movement. 🧵#10YearsofMoms Image
The day began with an inspiring and powerful walkout led by @StudentsDemand volunteers where thousands of students and teachers filled Denver streets, marching to the capitol to demand action. But it wasn’t always this way in Colorado…
A decade ago when we first created @MomsDemand, extremist gun groups held tremendous power in the state legislature and stood in the way of life-saving action. (via @nytimes 2012):
nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/… Image
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